An exploration of liberalism profiles the individuals and movements that formed its tradition of radical change through humane measures.

"A lively history of American libertarianism and its decay into dangerous fantasy. In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranick's house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly fee, leaving his home in ashes. Observers across the political spectrum agreed-some with horror and some with enthusiasm-that...

"The first true manifesto of a new show libertarian grassrootsmovement" -- Book jacket flap.

"Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. 'You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money,' Fred Koch cautioned. 'It may either be a blessing or a curse.'...

Herbert Spencer was an incredible prophet and a magnificent defender of laissez-faire. Among his numerous works is The Man Versus The State, first published in 1884. That book launched one of the most spirited attacks on statism ever written. He ridiculed the idea that government intervention of any kind "will work as it is intended to work, which it never does." He drew on his tremendous knowledge of history, citing one dramatic case after another...

Las democracias liberales comparten la entronización de la libertad de expresión como valor fundamental del sistema político. Sin embargo, no todos los que afirman este valor coinciden en su contenido y alcances. Nuestra comprensión acerca del significado de la libertad de expresión y las responsabilidades estatales necesarias para asegurar su goce varía en función de la teoría que justifique y sustente esa libertad. En el debate jurídico...

Durante los últimos años, las limitaciones de la izquierda progresista en el ejercicio del poder contribuyeron a fortalecer el espectro político de la derecha en diversos países. El libertarianismo de derecha y el liberalismo económico resurgieron con algunos cambios. Sin embargo, sus ideas económicas son las mismas que perjudicaron a la mayoría de las personas y contaminaron el planeta en los últimos cuarenta años. El fracaso de la derecha...

With the contentious 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle spinning into its final phases, only one thing seems clear: the American people are less than satisfied with the two major political parties' candidates. Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party candidate for president and former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, stakes his claim to the very center of the political spectrum. His new e-pamphlet Common Sense for the Common Good offers his approach...

What Is Conservatism? (1964) is a conservative classic-as relevant today as it was half a century ago.   Just what is conservatism? Many people are groping for answers, especially as conservatives seem to be retreating into factions-Tea Partiers, traditionalists, libertarians, social conservatives, neoconservatives, and so on. But this illuminating book shows what unites conservatives even as it explores conservatism's rich internal debate.   Edited...

Imagine a capitalist paradise. An island utopia governed solely by the rules of the market and inspired by the fictions of Ayn Rand and Robinson Crusoe. Sound far-fetched? It may not be. The past half century is littered with the remains of such experiments in what Raymond Craib calls "libertarian exit." Often dismissed as little more than the dreams of crazy, rich Caucasians, exit strategies have been tried out from the southwest Pacific to the Caribbean,...